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Wildflowers Of The Canadian Rocky Mountains
Wildflowers of the Canadian Rocky Mountains is an image list of flowering plants found in the Rocky Mountains in Canada. Resources *Alberta Wayside Wildflowers - Linda Kershaw (Lone Pine) *Handbook of the Canadian Rockies - Ben Gadd (Corax) References {{DEFAULTSORT:Wildflowers Of The Canadian Rocky Mountains Flora of the Rocky Mountains, . Canadian Rockies, . Flora of Alberta Flora of British Columbia Lists of biota of Canada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rocky Mountains
The Rocky Mountains, also known as the Rockies, are a major mountain range and the largest mountain system in North America. The Rocky Mountains stretch in straight-line distance from the northernmost part of western Canada, to New Mexico in the southwestern United States. Depending on differing definitions between Canada and the U.S., its northern terminus is located either in northern British Columbia's Terminal Range south of the Liard River and east of the Trench, or in the northeastern foothills of the Brooks Range/ British Mountains that face the Beaufort Sea coasts between the Canning River and the Firth River across the Alaska-Yukon border. Its southernmost point is near the Albuquerque area adjacent to the Rio Grande rift and north of the Sandia–Manzano Mountain Range. Being the easternmost portion of the North American Cordillera, the Rockies are distinct from the tectonically younger Cascade Range and Sierra Nevada, which both lie farther to its we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
